Lockdown at Birmingham school was precautionary

A 20-minute lockdown turned out to be a false alarm Friday afternoon at Birmingham Seaholm High School.

"There was a report of a suspicious person in the area," said Marcia Wilkinson, spokeswoman for Birmingham Public Schools. "A car matching the description was thought to be in the parking lot of the school."

As a precautionary measure, school officials declared a lockdown while officers searched the lot.

"It turned out that it wasn't the person (school officials) were looking for," said Wilkinson. "Everyone's just fine."